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Palfinger to Deliver First Fully Electric Offshore Cranes for Polish Wind Farms

Nov 11, 2025

Austria’s Palfinger Marine has signed a contract to supply the world’s first fully electric offshore jib cranes for the Bałtyk 2 and Bałtyk 3 wind farms off Poland, marking an industry milestone in the electrification of offshore wind operations…

Aker Solutions Extends Services Deal on Hebron Platform off Canada

Nov 07, 2025

Aker Solutions has secured a five-year enabling contract extension with ExxonMobil Canada Properties, the operator of the Hebron platform offshore Newfoundland and Labrador.The brownfield maintenance and modification (M&M) contract, valued between $147 million and $245 million…

Exxon Signs Deal for Natural Gas Exploration Offshore Greece

Nov 06, 2025

Exxon Mobil has signed a deal to explore for natural gas offshore Greece, increasing the U.S. presence in the eastern Mediterranean just as the Trump administration seeks to replace Russian energy flows into Europe.The United States, which holds vast reserves of domestic natural gas…

Aker Solutions Secures Contract from ExxonMobil Canada

Nov 05, 2025

Aker Solutions has signed a five-year enabling contract with ExxonMobil Canada Properties, a partnership, as operator of the Hebron platform. The contract is an extension for brownfield maintenance and modification (M&M) services on the Hebron platform…

Incat Crowther Designs OSV for Carpentaria Marine

Nov 02, 2025

Carpentaria Marine Services, a marine services provider in northern Australia, is expanding its fleet after commissioning Incat Crowther to design a new multi-purpose offshore support vessel.Construction of the vessel, which will be deployed…

Astro Offshore Introduces New Multipurpose Support Vessel

Oct 27, 2025

Astro Offshore, an Adani Group Company, announced the addition of Astro Achernar, its 50th vessel, marking a defining moment in the company’s journey of rapid expansion and continued success.The 88-meter DP2 Diesel Electric Multipurpose Support…

Huisman Launches Rope Vision for Safer Heavy-Lift Operations

Oct 23, 2025

Dutch heavy-lift technology specialist Huisman has launched Rope Vision, an automated visual inspection tool aimed at improving the reliability, safety and lifespan of crane wire ropes used in heavy lifting operations.Rope Vision combines high…

Vard Picks SMST to Supply Equipment for North Star’s New SOVs

Oct 21, 2025

Dutch offshore equipment supplier SMST has secured a new contract from Norwegian shipbuilder Vard for the delivery of two sets of mission equipment to be installed on an additional two of North Star’s newbuild Service Operation Vessels (SOVs)…

Delivery of Next-Gen Subsea Vessel from Turkish Shipyard Hits Delay

Oct 21, 2025

The delivery of the next-generation construction support vessel (CSV), under construction at Turkish Sefine Shipyard for Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore and Agalas, has been delayed for later in 2026.The delivery of the CSV, which will feature a…

DEME Welcomes Norse Wind WTIV for Giant Offshore Wind Turbines

Oct 16, 2025

Belgium-based offshore installation services company DEME has taken delivery of its new wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) Norse Wind at the CIMC Raffles Shipyard.Designed to install the next generation of offshore wind turbines, the vessel…

Fueling the Future of Ports: Cost Savings and Resilience as Propane’s Proven Edge

Oct 14, 2025

Ports across the U.S. are learning a critical lesson: depending solely on government grants or an increasingly unstable electric grid is no longer enough to keep operations running smoothly. There’s a smarter, more cost-effective solution already proving its worth on the ground - propane…

US Gives Go-Ahead to Shell, Trinidad for Venezuelan Offshore Gas Field

Oct 09, 2025

The U.S. government has granted an authorization for energy major Shell and Trinidad and Tobago to develop an offshore gas field in Venezuela close to the maritime border, Trinidad's attorney general said on Thursday.The prominent project, aimed to supply Trinidad with Venezuelan gas…

Palfinger’s Specialized Nacelle Cranes Lift Vestas’ 15MW Turbine Ops

Oct 09, 2025

Austrian manufacturer of hydraulic lifting and handling systems for marine applications Palfinger Marine has started delivering nacelle cranes for 15 MW offshore wind turbines being built by Danish firm Vestas.As a key supplier of nacelle cranes for Vestas…

AI Push: SBM Offshore to Rolls Out Cognite Platform Fleet-Wide in Brazil

Oct 03, 2025

SBM Offshore, an FPSO solutions specialist, and Cognite, an industrial AI company, have announced an acceleration of their strategic partnership to deploy Cognite’s data and AI platform across SBM Offshore’s entire Brazilian fleet.The initiative…

Vard Delivers Windward Offshore’s First CSOV

Oct 01, 2025

Windward Offshore has taken delivery of its first Commissioning Service Operation Vessel (CSOV), Windward Athens, built by Norwegian shipbuilder Vard.The vessel represents a major milestone on Windward Offshore’s growth path and marks the company’s…

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